Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

D. L. WORTHINGTON.

GLOTHBS DMER.

Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

H3A @il PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID LORENSO WIORTIIINGTON, OF TOLEDO, OIIIO.

CLOTHE S-DRIER.

SICFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,811, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed March 31, 1888.

.Serial No. 269,057. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t 72mg concern/.-

Be itknown that I, DAVID LORENSO IORTH- INGTON, acitizen of the United States, resid ing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mantel and Dry ingBars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letteis and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciication.

This invention relates to a com bin ed clothes or towel rack and Wall-bracket, and has for its object the provision of a rack that will be compact in arrangement, and Which, when opened out, will present an extended surface for the reception of clothes, 6:0. The rackbars are arranged in upper and lower pairs, and the upper pairis separated from the lower pair by a partition or shelf that forms a supi port for the upper pair of rack-bars. Each raclebar is Composed of two folding sections or arms, and the rack-bars of each pair are arranged to fold in different Vertical planes, the

one folding in front of the other.

The improvement consists of the novel feal n tures that hereinafter mll be more fully del scribed and claimed, and shown in the drawl ings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective View oi' a com- 1 bined rack and bracket embodying my in vention; Fig. 2, a perspective View showing the rack-bars of one side opened out; and Fig. 3, a plan View of a pair of rack-bars, showing' l l the supports b arc Fit-ted and pivoted at. one i end. 'hcn the rack-bars are unfolded or opened out, as shown on the right in Fig. 2, the support Z1 is turned down and braces the ll support B. The rack-bars are constructed alike, and I are composed of two arms or sections, ozy and i c', pivoted together, and are pivoted at their l inner ends to the supports, and are arranged in pairs, the upper pa-irbeing attached to the t support B and the lower pair to the support C. The inner rack-bar, G, of each pair folds close to the back, and the outer rack-bar, H, i folds against the rack-bar G. There are two sets of the rack-bars, one set being arranged l to the right of the vertical center of the l bracket and the other set to the left of the said center, and the rack-bars of one set correspond with the rack-bars of the other sct. The rack-bars G are attached to the ends of 1 the supports, near their inner edges, and the i rack-bars H are attached to the middle of the supports near their outer edges.

Then the rack-bars are folded, the;v are i closed in by the back A, the shelf D, the support C, the door E, and the end pieces, l". Then the raek-bars are unfolded, the door E is thrown down and the end pieces, F, are

opened back against the back A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The herein-described rack, composed of the back A, the two supports B and C, the pairs of rack-bars G and I-I, pivoted at their inner ends to the supports, the end pieces, F, pivoted at their rear edges, the door E, the

them folded by full lines and unfolded by dotl shelf D, and the supports b b, fitted in notches ted lines.

The back A of the bracket is provided with 5 the rack-bar supports B and (i and the sh elfl D. The support C is mounted on the brackcts f', and the door E, hinged to the support l C, closes upward and is held shut by a suitable catch, as the turn-buckle e. The end l pieces, F, are pivoted at their rear edges, and are adapted to open out against the back A to render the rack-bars easily accessible. The support B has a notch near each end, in which in the support B and pivoted at one end, sul stantialbT as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the back A, the supports B and (l, and the pairs of rack-bars G and H, adapted to fold bet-Ween the supports, of the supports b Z), fitted in notches in the support B, and adapted to be turned down and brace the support B when the rack-bars are opened, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the back A, the support B, and the pairs of rack-bars G and H,

each rack-bm. composed of a. series of 'fold- In testimony whereof I aixmysignature in ing sections, the rack-bar G being pivoted presence of two witnesses.

near the innei` edge of the support and folding against the back A, and the rack-bar H DAVID LORENS() WOR'THINGTON. 5 pivoted near the outer edge of the support L and folding on the rztelbai G, the two raokfitnessesz bars folding in opposite directions and in dif- A. L. BENNETT, ferent Vertical plaines. DANIEL M. VAGNER. A 

